Renewable hydrogen will be critical to the energy transition. Production costs are expected to fall by approximately 30 percent by 2030. After 2024, nearly all new hydrogen production is expected to create clean
The digital payments company Visa has signed a five-year agreement with MP2 Energy, a subsidiary of Shell North America, to buy 100 percent renewable electricity to power its largest data centre in the US state of Virginia. Shell acquires virtual power plant operator Next Kraftwerke Feb 25, 20...
(Blackstone) completed the acquisition by Blackstone of a 9.9 percent equity stake in Corebridge Financial, Inc. (Corebridge), formerly known as SAFG Retirement Services, Inc., which is the holding company for AIG's Life and Retirement business. As part of the separation, most of AIG's ...
decade—for example, the cost of some renewable-energy projects has dropped byalmost 90 percent. With capital increasing and some governments already providing fiscal support for low-carbon innovation, there’s a lot of potential in climate technology, even if the net-zero challenge is formidable....
Packaging itself takes up almost a third of all plastics production, but only 14 percent of it will be recycled, according to a joint report by the World Economic Forum and Ellen MacArthur Foundation. And this plastic waste problem is escalating with the rise of e-comme...
This is about as close to a zero-percent rate as you can get in the real world. Finally, the fund offers broad market exposure. By tracking the S&P 500, investors get a piece of a wide array of sectors and companies. This provides a robust level of diversification, which reduces market...
Hydroelectric energy was the largest renewable energy source, followed by solar, wind and geothermal power. In 2014, 6 percent of America's electricity was produced by hydropower, while solar, wind and thermal energy together comprised another 5 percent [source: EIA]. No matter what energy ...
and sometimes animal waste. It takes time for biomass energy to grow, but it is a critical renewable resource. Hydroelectricity is energy produced by flowing water and accounts for six percent of America’s electric supply (NRDC, 2015). If we can make the transition to a future of cleaner ...
From 2013 to 2022, the cumulative value of imports and exports between China and BRI partner countries reached US$19.1 trillion, with an average annual growth rate of 6.4 percent. The cumulative two-way investment between China and partner countries reached US$380 billion, including US$240 ...
Already in the first two months of 2025, EV sales were up 30 percent over the same period in the previous year. New energy vehicles use significantly more copper than internal combustion engine vehicles, which only contain about 22 kilograms of copper. In comparison, hybrid EVs use an average...